The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Junior Oby Obi & Mayo Theodore at Helsinki 2026: 54:39, 5th of 431 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:18 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:31 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:57, was faster than 99% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Helsinki gained about 1:47.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 3:54v median −1:27
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Block 02 5:08Running 2 3:29v median −1:15
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Block 03 6:08Running 3 3:51v median −1:06
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Block 04 5:55Running 4 3:50v median −1:07
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Block 05 7:41Running 5 3:45v median −1:19
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Block 06 4:49Running 6 3:33v median −1:27
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Block 07 5:55Running 7 3:45v median −1:18
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Block 08 7:38Running 8 4:15v median −1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:57
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 431
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 431 men's teams who finished.